As Olivia Dunne approaches her final season in the NCAA, she will reminisce about her fifth year at LSU.
On Tuesday, the gymnastics and social media star posted her latest portrait and one of her previous photos for the team’s site.
The first portrait for her upcoming season shows Dunne wearing a purple and gold LSU zip-up and cross necklace. It was followed by an older portrait photo, which showed her in a similar top from her earlier years on the program.
“In the blink of an eye #supersenior #old,” she captioned.
Her final campaign follows their NCAA title-winning efforts at the end of her senior year. The 2023-2024 team brought the university’s first national title in gymnastics to Baton Rouge after a dominant regular season.
Olivia Dunne posted before and after photos ahead of her senior season with the LSU Tigers
Dunne is practicing for his fifth year of NCAA eligibility and is receiving credit for all athletes due to COVID-19
The Tigers captured their first NCAA title by scoring 198.225, defeating California (197.850), Utah (197.800) and Florida (197.4375) at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
“The national championship, that was obviously the end goal,” Dunne recently told the newspaper New York Post. ‘That was the icing on the cake of my senior year. It’s just so cool to be able to make history, just like with my whole team.’
After the season, Dunne teased the idea of returning to LSU, where she was practicing her fifth year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“So I’m eligible for a fifth year, which I haven’t decided yet,” she told the Post over the summer. ‘I’m thinking about it… But I do qualify [for another year at LSU].
On July 8, Dunne announced her return with a video announcement on her social media pages.
Dunne’s four years at LSU saw her add achievements such as the 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2021 WCGA All-American, 2021 WCGA All-American and 2021 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll to her resume.
The social media star has a career-high score of 9.925 in bars, which she achieved in 2021 against Auburn and 2022 against Centenary. She also has a personal best of 9.90 on floor, which she achieved against Alabama in 2022.